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J L Austin Quotes

In the one defense, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don’t accept full, or even any, responsibility Picture Quote #1

Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done Picture Quote #1

But I owe it to the subject to say, that it has long afforded me what philosophy is so often thought, and made, barren of - the fun of discovery, the pleasures of co-operation, and the satisfaction of reaching agreement Picture Quote #1

Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing. It embodies, indeed, something better thanthe metaphysics of the Stone Age, namely, as was said, the inherited experience and acumen of many generations of men Picture Quote #1

I feel ruefully sure, also, that one must be at least one sort of fool to rush in over ground so well trodden by the angels Picture Quote #1

It should be quite clear, then, that there are no criteria to be laid down in general for distinguishing the real from the not real Picture Quote #1

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A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words... Statements are made, words or sentences are used Picture Quote #1

Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us Picture Quote #1

However well equipped our language, it can never be forearmed against all possible cases that may arise and call for description: fact is richer than diction Picture Quote #1

Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts Picture Quote #1

In the one defence, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don’t accept full, or even any, responsibility Picture Quote #1

The theory of truth is a series of truisms Picture Quote #1

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Fact is richer than diction Picture Quote #1

Sentences are not as such either true or false Picture Quote #1

Why should it not be the whole function of a word to denote many things? Picture Quote #1

Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague Picture Quote #1

Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing Picture Quote #1

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In the one defense, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don’t accept full, or even any, responsibility (J L Austin Quotes) Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done. (J L Austin Quotes) But I owe it to the subject to say, that it has long afforded me what philosophy is so often thought, and made, barren of - the fun of discovery, the pleasures of co-operation, and the satisfaction of reaching agreement. (J L Austin Quotes) Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing. It embodies, indeed, something better thanthe metaphysics of the Stone Age, namely, as was said, the inherited experience and acumen of many generations of men (J L Austin Quotes) I feel ruefully sure, also, that one must be at least one sort of fool to rush in over ground so well trodden by the angels (J L Austin Quotes) It should be quite clear, then, that there are no criteria to be laid down in general for distinguishing the real from the not real (J L Austin Quotes) A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words... Statements are made, words or sentences are used (J L Austin Quotes) Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us (J L Austin Quotes) However well equipped our language, it can never be forearmed against all possible cases that may arise and call for description: fact is richer than diction (J L Austin Quotes) Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts (J L Austin Quotes) In the one defence, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don’t accept full, or even any, responsibility (J L Austin Quotes) The theory of truth is a series of truisms (J L Austin Quotes) Fact is richer than diction (J L Austin Quotes) Sentences are not as such either true or false (J L Austin Quotes) Why should it not be the whole function of a word to denote many things? (J L Austin Quotes) Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague (J L Austin Quotes) Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing (J L Austin Quotes)